Porsche Taycan test drive ... I have driven the Taycan ~

I have made a Porsche Taycan!

Oh, it ’s bad.

SuchFatherI thought I shouldn't talk about auntie gag, but I finally came here and wrote it with excitement (laughs).

But I'm so excited that I want to shout "I've experienced Taycan !!", so let's say it's okay.

That's right, I was also surprised myself, I do not know what happened, but I got on the Taycan, ran it, and experienced it perfectly ^ ^

The name of Taycan also means the experience of Japanese

By the way, Porsche's fully electric car, Taycan, has been thoroughly investigated in Japanese when deciding its model name, and it also means that it actually means "experience" in Japanese. It's a well-thought-out name, so using "Experience Taycan" is the correct way to use it. n/a.

This is a sentence written on the Porsche official website that explains "In Japanese, Taycan means'experience (physical experience)'" ↓

"Taycan also has positive associations in many of the world's languages: in Japanese, for instance, taikan means roughly “physical experience” —driving in its most electrifying form. ”(Source:This Porsche official website)

Then, from here on, it will be an exciting blog again, so there may be many unclear points such as "I don't know what you are saying", but if you have time, I would appreciate it if you could get along with me. Is ^^

As usual, it's been a long time when I'm excited.

Ride the Taycan at the Sodegaura Forest Raceway

In September, when the temperature was getting cooler, there were days when typhoons came and it continued to rain a few days ago, but on this day it was a perfect autumn day (no, it was full of clouds). However, the weather was perfect and it was a perfect day for a drive.

From the morning ... No, I was very excited from the moment it was decided that I could meet Taycan, and on this day I headed to the Sodegaura Forest Raceway in Chiba Prefecture.

This is the first place for me to visit.

I started early thinking that I should not be late for the set time.

If there was no traffic and I arrived too early, I was wondering if I should adjust the time at a convenience store before entering the circuit.

Wow. There was nothing just before arriving at the Sodegaura Forest Raceway.

So, I arrived one hour before the promised time.

It's the strongest climber's arrival one hour ago, so that I think that the excitement will make me crazy. Hazukashii ...

However, I was able to run comfortably with Carrera on the way up to this point, and Mr. Black Carrera looks happy, and everything is okay.

The Porsche 911 Carrera Drive was also great. What a nice day.

Around the circuit, various things had already been done, so I wondered if I was staring at it from a distance quietly and suspiciously, so I said hello even though it was an hour ago.

If you look closely, you can see that there are two Porsche cars.

Hmm. The red one is Panamera.

And the one that is secretly hidden on the right side is ...

Thai Khan.

It was Taycan. It's humble to be quietly in such a shadow even though it's the leading role. Are you shy?

I wanted to go to see Taycan suddenly, but first I will go to say hello.

I can not write the details this time, but thanks to the kindness of Porsche Japan, I had the opportunity to drive the Taycan. Thank you ^^

The rooms were also prepared in this way, and it was possible to talk here and easily explain the driving course.

However, I don't run sports on the circuit on this day, so it's normal driving (for the circuit) with a leading car ... so I just have to keep up with the car in front of me. So I was very relieved there.

Explanation of Porsche Taycan's PCM etc.

Then, when it's time, before driving, we will first receive an explanation about Porsche's first fully electric car, the Taycan.

Panamera that looked small earlier is GTS.

And what you can see from the shadow of the Panamera GTS is ... a glance.

Yes, there was a white Porsche Taycan Turbo that I met at Porsche NOW Tokyo, a Porsche pop-up store before.

This is the car (the photo isPorsche NOW Tokyo(At that time) ↓

At the time of Porsche NOW Tokyo, Mr. Alex of Porsche Japan explained about Taycan, but on this day also Mr. Alex taught me various things ^ ^

Once again, when I meet Alex again, I feel like I'm a friend (← illusory) and make a noise saying "Wow, hello!". picture? Annoying person? excuse me….

Alex, the eyelashes are very long. I fell in love with it while receiving an explanation in the car. Oh, is that me a strange person?

No, that's not the case! !! However, I thought it was beautiful ^^

Well, so let's talk about Taycan instead (laughs). Then I will board again immediately.

Oops, before that, TaycanNico at the doorI have to check ...

There is no smiley in an electric car. A little shock.

Last time, I received a lot of explanations, so this time I felt like I was taught various things again as a review. It's like a make-up class. When did I become so diligent?

This is when I first showed you the type of display switching of the curved 16.8 inch full digital display in front of the driver.

The part where the screen is white is where the map is originally displayed (this time it is a European specification car, so the map in Japan is not displayed).

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You can display the remaining battery level on this front display, or you can check it on the 8.4-inch center console display with direct touch control.

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This 8.4-inch display makes you feel "pressed" by vibrating when you press a button.

Also, the volume and temperature settings can be easily changed by sliding the screen with your finger (if you stroke it, you can change the values as if you were turning the dial). , It seems that you can change it quickly while driving.

Also, since this car also had a passenger display, the display will also be displayed on the passenger side.

The display on the passenger seat side is displayed when the seat senses and a person is sitting, and when not sitting, it is dark as shown in the lower right and the screen is turned off. It's safe.

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I also asked what I wanted to confirm.

The first is the wireless charging function of the smartphone in the accessory case of the center console. I showed this and actually tried it (This photo is from the video of the blog the other day↓).

With a good feeling, my android smartphone was also charged wirelessly, but unfortunately at the moment it seems that this function does not come with the Japanese model.

A little while ago, the letters of this rear PORSCHEI learned that it's a glass look, not a glassSo I want to take a closer look.

let's see…. Oh. I see. Maybe the red light bar in this is made of glass.

And the letters of PORSCHE under it look like glass even if you look closely! A stunning glass look (laughs).

I wonder if Baccarat will make this character called PORSCHE and sell it (do you buy it ?!).

Another one is hereFunction to wash the rear view cameraI actually tried it.

When I pressed the button, I found that the washer fluid was splashing on the rear view camera and was washed.

Ah, this is nothing more than my complacency. Fun ^^

Well, I was able to see the inside of the Taycan's car while having a lot of fun, but in the end, I have something to tell you when driving from now on.

First of all, how to switch modes. If you turn the dial on the steering, it will change, so there is no problem here.

Taycan gear position

And then the position of the gear. Oh. Maybe I didn't know if I wasn't told. There was a gear in such a place. If you set this to "D", it's OK.

Motor start with entry & drive system

But what's amazing is that if you use the Porsche Entry & Drive System, not only will the door lock be unlocked if you approach the Taycan with the key, but the motor start is already Ready to go, so just You can run as soon as you put in the gear. Of course, you can also press the power button next to the steering.

* Detected within 6m from the car, and unlocks the door when approaching 2m.

Oh yeah, when I stopped the car and pressed the power button to shut down the Taycan properly, the image of the Taycan appeared on the display, which was so cute!

I'm sorry that it glowed a little and I couldn't take a good picture, but when I shut it down, the Taycan came out, and it turned around and the rear light turned off at the end. Too cute.

Porsche Regenerative Management System (PRM) switching

Another important thing is the regenerative mode switching button here. The button in the yellow circle.

Here, with the switch to switch the regeneration (Porsche Recuperation Management), switch between ON and OFF, and press and hold to switch to auto mode.

Whether it is ON or not is displayed at the bottom left of this front display ↓.

When the regeneration mode is off, it basically keeps running at the same speed even if you take your foot off the accelerator pedal, and when it is on, it slows down a little.

If it is auto, the radar will detect if there is a car in front, and if there is a car in front, it will adjust and decelerate ... Yes, but these are "1 gear in a normal car" It is a feeling of deceleration that slows down, and it is not a deceleration that strongly brakes.

So, in the case of Porsche, when decelerating or stopping the car significantly, "you must always control it with the brakes yourself".

After that, when I asked him to raise the lifter, the sound of the compressor was louder than that of 911. After all Taycan, is it difficult to lift because it is heavy ^ ^?

Finally to run in Taycan

Now that I've finished all my studies, I'm finally on the circuit.

The first Sodegaura Forest Raceway.

If you are happy to have the opportunity to run here suddenly, after all, the car you run there is Porsche Taycan.

I'm too impressed. Taycan, how many years (not so long) I've been wanting to ride.

No, I really wanted to ride and run a Porsche electric car. I wanted to hear the sound like a spaceship. I wanted to experience the feeling of acceleration for myself.

Too impressed! !! !!

The leading car is the new Porsche 911

On this day, the 992 type Porsche 911 took the lead.

The instructor will take the lead and give instructions such as "Let's stop once" or "Please change to sports mode" through the transceiver in the car.

It was this Taycan Turbo S that I drove.

And, in fact, I also ran the 992 type Porsche 911 Carrera 4S.

What's this, it's already too good.

As for the running, I will do 3 laps each, first try to run lightly on the 1st lap, set the 2nd lap to sports mode, run a little faster, and the 3rd lap is a cool-down run.

First, sit down and adjust the driving position.

I didn't feel any discomfort. Well, even if there was something wrong, maybe I just couldn't afford to feel it. I'm throbbing and I'm already nervous MAX.

No, it's more exciting than nervous.

"Then, let's go," said the instructor, and the departure was light.

I love Porsche 911 in front of me. I can follow such a favorite Porsche 911 with the first Porsche electric car Taycan.

It was really like a dream.

Somehow, "The instructor of the leading car, could you make a mistake and skip it?" (← Expectations are too strange (laughs)), at the moment when I was already dying for running bottom.

It's departure.

When I step on the accelerator ...

I've seen it many times in the video, and I hear that "hyuiii-n" sound ~~ (tears)! !! !! Oh, I'm impressed.

I wanted to hear this! !!

This time, I was riding alone, so I could hardly take pictures from inside the car, so I would like to sandwich the pictures taken from the outside.

I did not feel the weight of Taycan

When I started running, the first thing I thought was "light".

It didn't make me feel "heavy" at all. Somehow, it's a matter of course, and I completely forget that the heavy battery is piled up at the bottom.

Then, when the speed came out a little, I tried to enter the corner saying, "You can turn up to this degree of acceleration!", But at that time, it stuck to the ground firmly and accelerated beautifully and turned. It's a sense of stability that doesn't make you feel scared at all.

Of course, I'm driving, so I can't do much.

However, I should be able to squeeze in at a higher speed than I usually feel like running at high speed (probably (laughs)), so I still don't feel a sense of fear, and it's just as natural as it should be. It was a lot of fun to be able to turn the corner lightly!

After all, it's heavy and its heavy center of gravity is in a low position ...?

Also, since it is a Taycan with a special 2nd gear, I thought before getting in the car that I wanted to hear the feeling and sound when changing gears from 1st gear to 2nd gear (or 2nd gear to 1st gear). But ... when I started driving, it was so much fun that I couldn't concentrate at all and didn't notice it ... (laughs).

According to Porsche Japan, it seems that the 2nd speed → 1st speed of deceleration (during braking) is more felt than the 1st speed → 2nd speed when accelerating.

Ah. I should have been more aware of it ~. No, I was too excited by the tension and uplifting ^^

After that, I tried switching between "regeneration ON" and "regeneration OFF" several times during the first slow lap, but the difference was "almost unnoticeable" when running on the circuit. ..

Oh, I'm sorry, I'm basically insensitive, so my feelings aren't really helpful (laughs).

However, when driving on a circuit at my level, I can say that I didn't really understand. "Oh, maybe it took a little slower when I was told." Belief?

I'm sure you can feel the difference more when you are driving in the city.

By the way, and the most enjoyable thing was the full acceleration on the home straight.

Shortly before entering the straight, I opened the distance to the leading car a little wider than before and fully opened it.

Already, "Hyui-n" is also a good place, huh good good good good.

It took only a few seconds to fully open the solid, and hmm, it was fast even on a straight of only 400 meters!

With a normal Porsche, hmm, for example, when the Porsche 911 GT3 is fully opened before, what you see in front is "just a road to run", with its engine sound and a feeling of acceleration. Anyway, I'm going to stick to that road! It was a feeling.

When the Taycan was fully accelerated, along with the sound of this spaceship and spaceship, the acceleration was so light that it was pushed out with tremendous force. What came out in my head at that time

"OMG, There is a galaxy ahead of me! 』\

It feels like that.

Another one here.

"Will Taycan take me to the Galaxy?"
"Yes, Tay Can!"

Oh, I'm sorry, this is a Taycan gag overseas ... (laughs). No more excited.

Yes, but really, if this was Launch Control, it wouldn't just look like a Galaxy, it would really warp ^^?

Taycan acceleration sound

I couldn't take a picture when it was fully opened, but can you hear the humming sound when accelerating? It's a addictive sound that you'll love. I want to hear more and more.

One day, I really wanted to go up to about 250km + from Launch Control.

… Ah, I'm sorry I've had such a great Taycan experience and have already started dreaming until my next dream ^^

However, it makes me think "I want to know more about the awesomeness of this Taycan".

Taycan is undoubtedly a Porsche sports car

And there was one thing I found out.

That's something I've been wondering about until now, but when Porsche (CEO Oliver Blume, etc.) talks about Taycan, he always says something like "Taycan is definitely a Porsche sports car". It was.

However, when the general public (overseas) is giving a test drive video, everyone says "It's amazing! As expected Porsche!", But the run is not so much "This is definitely Porsche" I felt like I didn't say it.

I felt like I understood the reason.

Taycan, thus running at full throttle on the circuit etc., and running at a moderate speed in the corner ... When I experience such an experience, even though I have only a little Porsche experience, "Oh, awesome, this is exactly Porsche I thought.

What is Porsche? I couldn't talk about it with my lack of vocabulary and knowledge, but I felt that I could definitely feel that the Taycan is a Porsche sports car.

So.

Thinking so, after getting out of the car and taking a few steps after getting excited, I suddenly wondered, "Well, was Taycan an electric car?" rice field. Is it confused?

That's because the Taycan was so normal to me that it was a Porsche sports car that made me forget that it was an electric car while driving.

Even if it is an electric car, there is no such thing as "the feeling when the accelerator is off or the feeling when braking", but the feeling of acceleration and the power to push out ... When I came, I had no choice but to think "Ah, Porsche's sports car is the best!" For Taycan.

Porsche officials were doing a test drive on such a circuit before talking about Taycan, so that is why the word "This is definitely Porsche" came out naturally, I think. When.

Of course, Taycan is amazing even on ordinary roads. And, in a good way, I think you can ride normally. If you drive at high speeds, you may think "Oh, it's amazing".

And when I ran on a circuit or a place like an autobahn like this, I thought that I could truly feel that "Oh, this is nothing but Porsche."

This time, I am really happy to be able to feel this feeling that "Taikan is definitely Porsche".

Anyway, I was very happy to meet Taycan, but after all Porsche 911 was also the most cute ~ ^ ^

Why do you look so cute? ??

After the test drive of the Taycan Turbo S, I also ran on the 992 type Porsche 911 Carrera 4S, so that isI will write it separately..

On this day, I was in a state of adrenaline dripping with great excitement, so I thought this was Abnai, and I was careful not to speed up more than usual ^ ^

Only one more at the very end.

I received some of them this time, but I would like to introduce one of them because it was so cute.

The wonderful thing in the black box with the Taycan catchphrase "Soul Electrified".

Here ~ ↓

USB memory for a moment? This item that looks like.

This was a charging cable that supports 5 different port shapes. A ring is also attached, so you can attach it to a key chain or something.

Look look! !!

If you take a closer look at this model, the headlights are also Taycan, and that Taycan's "cool and gentle eyes" are still alive.

It's too good ~ ^^

Hmm, I wrote it with some excitement. It may be messed up. sorry.

It was a big event for me to experience Taycan. I was able to get a glimpse of the future of Porsche.

From now on, I think it will be quite interesting in the future when Taycan will start running in Japan and the infrastructure such as turbo charging stations will be enhanced.

After all Porsche is amazing.

I knew that I would never say "Porsche" by making something techy, but this time I experienced this fully electric electric car, and I feel that I understood it again.

Thank you Porsche Japan ^ ^

Continued:Run the Sodegaura Forest Raceway with the 992 Porsche 911 Carrera 4S

Related article:List of articles about Porsche Taycan

List of blogs about Porsche NOW Tokyo
◆ Porsche NOW Tokyo 01: I went to the Porsche pop-up store ~
◆ Porsche NOW Tokyo 02: Access (parking lot information)
◆ Porsche NOW Tokyo 03: Taycan and Quick Charging Station
◆ Porsche NOW Tokyo 04: Porsche art, VR experience, etc.